Chapter 567 - 366: As Incompatible as Fire and Water After a Narrow Escape

Chapter 567: Chapter 366: As Incompatible as Fire and Water After a Narrow Escape

SKREE SKREE SKREE...

When the mutated, pitch-black centipedes saw their leader get taken out, they let out a sorrowful shriek, and their bodies began to revert to their original forms.

This was a normal occurrence. After all, the giant centipede monster that had used its Superpower to mutate them was now dead, so the Superpower’s effect on them naturally wore off.

"Just like that? It’s dead? That was a Mutant Beast on the verge of breaking through to the Peak of Tier Two!!!" the crowd muttered to themselves, utterly dumbfounded.

THUMP, THUMP, THUMP...

Only a few seconds after the giant centipede monster’s death, the sound of dense footsteps echoed from the distance. Soon, more than three hundred fully armored soldiers appeared before everyone.

Judging by their uniform, standard-issue armor, it was clear at a glance that these fully armored soldiers were from Dongwu City—a well-trained, regular army.

"Lord Commander, you fly too fast! Couldn’t you have waited for us?" the leading soldier captain said resignedly as he approached his superior.

A short while ago, the soldiers had received orders to follow Commander Liu to a valley near Bibo Lake and exterminate the Centipede Swarm.

However, after leaving the city and marching for over ten kilometers, Commander Liu, their leader, grew impatient with the soldiers’ slow pace. He went ahead to Bibo Lake by himself, saying he would scout out the situation first.

Seeing Commander Liu fly off ahead, what else could the soldier captain do but order his men to quicken their pace and rush to the destination?

They had spurred their horses into a mad gallop the whole way and were rather exhausted.

Liu Yuancheng simply smiled at his subordinate’s resigned expression. He then glanced back at the large, black centipedes, which had reverted to their original forms after losing the effect of the Superpower, and said to the soldier captain,

"I’ve already taken care of the main culprit. I’ll leave the rest for you to handle. I have other business to attend to, so I’m heading back first."

"Yes, Commander Liu! Rest assured, we’ll take care of the rest of them..." the soldier captain said.

Then, everyone present watched as Liu Yuancheng rose into the air and flew toward the dark night sky, disappearing from sight moments later.

"Hey, why did he leave? There are still so many of these big, black centipedes to deal with!" some people shouted upon seeing Liu Yuancheng depart.

However, their worries quickly vanished. As soon as Liu Yuancheng had left, the fully armored soldiers who remained on-site immediately began to wipe out the Centipede Swarm.

These fully armed soldiers, all of whom were cultivators, worked with the tacit understanding born from daily training. They were astonishingly efficient at wiping out the Centipede Swarm; no large, black centipede was left standing in their wake.

Now was the moment when the fully armed soldiers of Dongwu City began to wipe out the Centipede Swarm on-site.

The group that had been surrounded and nearly driven to desperation should have cooperated with the soldiers to exterminate the rest of the centipedes. Yet, at this moment, they stood motionless.

A closer look would reveal that the two groups, who had just set aside their grudges to fight a common enemy, were now staring intently at each other, on high alert.

’It was understandable, really. Faced with the threat of death, they could set aside their differences and fight a common enemy. Now that the danger had passed, their acute conflict immediately resurfaced.’

"Boss, what do we do now?" a bald bandit asked the Bandit Leader next to him.

"What else can we do? We have to get out of here before the Dongwu City soldiers finish wiping out the Centipede Swarm. Otherwise, once they’re done, we won’t stand a chance of escaping," the Bandit Leader said, his voice heavy.

He’d used up more than half of his stamina and Spiritual Energy in the last fight, and his men were in even worse shape.

Even at full strength, their band of bandits was no match for the fully armored soldiers of Dongwu City, to say nothing of their current, wretched state.

However, escaping before the Dongwu City soldiers finished wiping out the Centipede Swarm was contingent on one thing: the caravan guards couldn’t get in their way.

"Captain, it looks like those bandits are planning to escape while the Dongwu City soldiers are too busy to deal with them..." a guard with an injured left arm whispered.

The Guard Captain nodded slightly, his eyes still fixed on the Bandit Leader.

"Hey, we just fought side-by-side. How about you don’t get in our way when we leave, huh?" the Bandit Leader asked the silent Guard Captain.

At that moment, all eyes fell upon the Guard Captain. If he nodded, the band of bandits could leave peacefully. If not, another bloody fight would erupt.

Faced with the Bandit Leader’s request, the Guard Captain was silent for a few seconds before shaking his head.

Seeing the Guard Captain’s reaction, the expressions of the Bandit Leader and his men darkened.

"If we hadn’t helped you fend off the Centipede Swarm’s attacks just now, you’d all be dead," the Bandit Leader said.

"In that situation, if you hadn’t helped us fight the Centipede Swarm, we all would have died together. So save your breath about ’helping’ us!" the Guard Captain retorted.

"Damn it..." the Bandit Leader cursed, seeing the Guard Captain was determined not to let them leave peacefully.

"Boss, we have to hurry! Those soldiers are wiping out the Centipede Swarm so fast. Any longer and we’ll really lose our chance to escape."